9

I'm hoping to be living in Canada for a year shortly. I have a slight rivalry with friends about travelling north. My record is Murmansk, but it's about to be beaten by someone who is going to Tromsø, Norway (@Stuart). What's the furtherest north you can fly into? I'm assuming something like Svalbard (ironically with flights from Tromsø and Murmansk), but wondering if something can beat that?

alamar
  • 12,563
  • 2
  • 36
  • 60
Mark Mayo
  • 160,001
  • 106
  • 687
  • 1,492

2 Answers2

11

Wikipedia has a very cool list for such kind of questions. It is called the List of northernmost items.

As you can see there, there are two possible candidates:

  • Airport, permanent without scheduled flights: Alert Airport, Nunavut, Canada 82°31′04″N 062°16′50″W

  • Airport, permanent with scheduled flights: Svalbard Longyear Airport, Svalbard, Norway 78°14′46″N 15°27′56″E

Now it gets difficult. You're asking for a commercial airport. The one in Nunavut is located in the northernmost permanent settlement in the world. So I think it is a clear win. The problem is, there is only twice a year a military flight to supply this settlement with goods. But it seems that you can get a trip with this plane.

If you think a commercial airport is only an airport with scheduled flights, your assumption Svalbard is correct.

hippietrail
  • 80,147
  • 56
  • 281
  • 643
RoflcoptrException
  • 51,590
  • 52
  • 190
  • 403
6

According to wikipedia the northern most permanent airport with a regular schedule is indeed Svalbard (78°14′46″N 15°27′56″E).

I imagine there are possibly some further north in Canada but they may not have commercial flights.

hippietrail
  • 80,147
  • 56
  • 281
  • 643
Stuart
  • 7,420
  • 4
  • 32
  • 76